Pam Lewis: Asheville chamber wanted me to leave state

7:56 PM,
Oct. 16, 2013

Pam Lewis, left. Kit Cramer, right.

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Pam Lewis, the high-profile former Chamber of Commerce official who was fired in September, says the organization has since asked her to leave the state and not compete with the chamber for a year.

The chamber's former director of entrepreneurship, Lewis also maintains that she was fired after raising concerns about inappropriate sexual comments from a male coworker. Chamber CEO Kit Cramer denies those allegations.

Lewis was terminated Sept. 5, but she said severance negotiations have continued through this week. ...